CLOSE CALLS: Each of the Yankees’ last 16 games has been decided by two-or-fewer runs, which is the franchise’s longest such streak of games with a final margin of no more than two runs. It’s also the longest such streak in MLB since a 16-game run by the Orioles in 1975. The Yankees are 9-7 during this stretch.

LEADING MEN: The Yankees have held a lead in 28 of their last 30 games since July 2, going 17-13 over that stretch.

THIS DATE IN YANKEES HISTORY: After delivering a eulogy at Thurman Munson's funeral on the morning of August 6, 1979 in Canton, Ohio, Bobby Murcer hit a three-run homer in the seventh inning and a two-run single in the ninth, driving in all five Yankee runs in an emotional 5-4 comeback win over the Orioles.

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